novelist . playwright . traveler . futurist . feminist

On travel.

Two and a half years ago, I traveled by myself through Ethiopia, India and the South Pacific. In terms of concrete creative output, that trip resulted in a novel, two plays, a short story and a dozen other percolating projects. But that’s just the surface stuff. The trip changed my life. It taught me how to really take care of myself.

Now I can’t imagine a creative life without travel. I can’t imagine life without it, period. How can I live on this earth without seeing everything I can, when I have the opportunity to?* And so, when I turned thirty, I looked at my list of Places I Want To Go and promised myself I’d see every one. I have no idea how it’s going to happen, but I’ll find a way.